2 hours ago
The long awaited project of Conrail RS3M #9950 has officially started. I started off with the front of the engine building that part and had that sitting since I said I was going to build this engine. Tonight is the official start of this build. The front platform, cab, rear hood, horn, and smoke stacks are all just sitting on the frame so I can get a good idea of how it is to look. The rear headlight will need some work and I have the piece for the light. This will be another project that I will take my time with as this is only the second scratch build I am doing. I think I have come up with an idea for the front truck so it can be mounted back on. I also need to cut the window on the engineers side and make it to 3 windows instead of the two you see. I will show that later on as I want to test it out to see if it works. Also as of right now the rear truck will be the only one powered so it wont have to guts to pull long strings of railroad cars.
As for the MT-4 slug, I need to order decals, glue down the walkways, add lights to both ends and it will be finished. I did have a problem with the one set of wheels on the one truck but I got that fixed. Every time I would move the slug, I would get a bad vibration and it took some thinking as to what it could be. I found the problem and it was as weird as it sounds, the gears on the wheels were rubbing bad which caused the vibration. Once I removed the gears off the axles, problem was solved. Once I get everything done with the slug, I will post pictures.
As for right now I am posting pictures of the RS3M.
The Start
The rear hood added
The rear headlight
Everything sitting not glued except for the rear headlight
As for the MT-4 slug, I need to order decals, glue down the walkways, add lights to both ends and it will be finished. I did have a problem with the one set of wheels on the one truck but I got that fixed. Every time I would move the slug, I would get a bad vibration and it took some thinking as to what it could be. I found the problem and it was as weird as it sounds, the gears on the wheels were rubbing bad which caused the vibration. Once I removed the gears off the axles, problem was solved. Once I get everything done with the slug, I will post pictures.
As for right now I am posting pictures of the RS3M.
The Start
The rear hood added
The rear headlight
Everything sitting not glued except for the rear headlight
Matt
Conrail's Blairsville Cutoff - A Fictitious Alternative Route Over The Allegheny Mountains From Blairsville, Pa to Cresson, Pa
Milepost 363.8 to Milepost 338.9